But during transitions from one system of governance to the other, accidents do happen and points of no return get crossed; that is when the democratic process gets derailed. This derailment saw the second military takeover, two Indo-Pak wars and the dismemberment of the country. But it did not take long for the accident-prone transition to suffer from the third military takeover on 5 July, 1977. Both the rules of the PPP (2008-2013) and the PML-N (2013-2018) had remained prone to accidents throughout their respective tenures. But the Superior Courts seemingly went off the books to help avert these potential accidents.

Source: The Express Tribune October 10, 2020 03:56 UTC